Sanatory

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sanatory \San"a*to*ry\, a. [LL. sanatorius, fr. L. sanare to
     heal. See {Sanable}.]
     Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative;
     sanative.
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           Sanatory ordinances for the protection of public
           health, such as quarantine, fever hospitals, draining,
           etc.                                     --De Quincey.
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     Note: Sanatory and sanitary should not be confounded.
           Sanatory signifies conducive to health, while sanitary
           has the more general meaning of pertaining to health.
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